Window-fastener.



M. FITZGERALD.

WlNDOW FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 11 1913.

1 1 42,4 1 2 Patented J une 8, 1915.

771M461 iii WM WW MICHAEL FITZGERALD, OF MEDINA, NEW YORK.

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Application filed July 1, 1913. Serial No. 776,873.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, MICHAEL FITZGERALD, acitizen of the United States, residing at Medina, in the county ofOrleans and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Window-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to window fasteners and it consists in thenovel arrangement of its parts as hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a fastener of simple structurewhich may be easily and quickly applied to a window frame and sash andwhich may be effectually used for supporting the window sash at anydesirable point along the frame.

With the above objects in view, the device includes a clip memberadapted to be attached to the frame and having an intermediate portionprovided with slots. A rod is secured at one end to the sash and passesthrough the said slots. A pin is movably mounted in the intermediateportion of the clip member and is provided at its side with a notchwhich is adapted to receive a side portion of the rod. A traction nut ismounted upon the pin and is adapted to engage the edge of theintermediate portion of the clip member whereby the rod may be drawninto frictional contact with the ends of the slots and thus the sash isheld at a desired point along the frame. When it is desired to move thesash within the frame, the nut is loosened upon the pin, whereby the rodis freely slidable through the slots of the clip member.

With these and other objects in view, the device includes the novelfeatures herein specifically pointed out in the claim and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a win dow with the fastener applied,Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the fastener, Fig. 3 is a verticalsectional view of the-fastener, Fig. 4: is a sectional view of thefastener cut on the line l i of Fig. 3.

Throughout the following specification similar characters refer to likeparts of the structure.

The fastener comprises a clip member 1 which is provided with anintermediate bowed portion 2. The portion 2 is provided at its oppositesides with slots 3. The mem- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1915.

her 1 is provided with end portions 4 which in turn are provided withscrew openings 5 and screws may be passed through said openings wherebythe clip member 1 may be secured to the frame of a window. A pin 6 issnugly received in the outer end portion of the bowed part 2 of the clipmember and is provided at its side with a notch 7 which registerswiththe slots 3 in the bowed portion 2 of the clip 1. A wing nut Sisscrew threaded upon one end of the pin 6 and is adapted to bear at itsinner face against the edge of the bowed portion 2 of the clip member 1.A rod 9 is provided at one end with an eye 10 which is adapted to besecured to the sash of the window by passing a screw through the saideye. Adjacent the eye 10, the rod 9 is bent slightly as at 11 so thatthe eye 10 is slightly offset with relation to the body portion of therod. The rod 9 is provided at that end opposite the end at.

which the eye 10 is located with an enlargement 12. The intermediateportion of the rod 9 passes through the slots 3 and is also received inthe notch 7 of the pin 6. When the nut 8 is loose upon the pin 6, therod 9 is free to slide through the slots 3 and the notch 7 as the sashis raised or lowered in the window frame. However, when the nut 8 isscrewed down tight against the edge of the'interm'ediate bowed portion 2of the clip member 1, the pin 6 is drawn longitudinally in a directiontransversely of the bowed portion 2, so that the rod 9 is carried intofrictional engagement with the ends of the slots 3. and thus the partsare held in fixed relation and the sash is secured at a desired point inthe window frame. By such arrangement it will be seen that simple andeffective means is provided for securing a 'means and consequently themovement or securing of one sash at any desired point.

does not depend upon the position of the other sash. Furthermore inmoving the sash both hands of an operator may be employed for lifting orlowering the sash inasmuch as it is necessary only to turn the wing nutto release the parts orto secure the same. I

Having described the invention what I moving claim as new and desire tosecure bv Letters Patent is:

A fastener comprising a clip member having an intermediate bowed portionprovided with slots, a rod passing through the slots, a pin looselymounted in the bowed portion and having at its side a notch whichreceives a side portion of the rod, and means for the pin transverselywith relation 10 tothe clip member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL FITZGERALD.

Vitnesses:

H. D. OsTRoM, JOHN E. KEARNEY.

@opies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. (1.

